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by williec00

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I am running Windows 2000 server. I want to set up a VPN. I have a router running DHCP that is my gateway to the internet. Can I set up a VPN through this router? I have 2 NICs in my server but it is the only Win2K server on the network. I alsohave a NT 4.0 file server. When I try to create the VPN no one on the network can connect to the server but the VPN seems to work. How can I give access to my users on the network and to the VPN? Thanks in advance for any help.

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by currera501

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by jingo67

I recently went through the same scenario. I have 6 systems on a peer to peer. The server/workstation manages printers and file sharing. The VPN is managed through a Linksys sr-81 cable router. You have to set up in the router port forwarding to allow incoming VPN connections. The firewall is inhibiting your connections coming in, but going out you have no problem. The incoming VPN should be looking for the specific system (IP) and the router should reflect that exact IP as the address to forward to. Also, I found it easier to let the router manage DHCP. There is some decent info on Linksys' website that can be more specific. However, I understand that 2000 server can be much more manageable. The only problem I have is figuring out a wayto have more than one VPN come in at a time. VPN uses port 2233 and multichanneling is apparently not available. Maybe it has something to do with your setup come to think of it. If you have an answer for that one, let me know. Good luck.

by williec00

Thanks for all the input! I have been able to successfully connect to the VPN server now from a client but still can't browse the network or map drives. What could be the issue? I am being successfully authenticated and my computer is getting registered on the network but still not operational. Thanks for any help.

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